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My Friends, Look At These Baby Polar Bears
Pals, we’ve got two great baby polar bears here. ...
Dan Fouts Made A Dumb CTE Joke About Boomer Esiason
Pretty much everybody missed this because nobody listens to the radio anymore, especially for the Super Bowl. But in the second quarter of the game Sunday, Westwood One analyst Dan Fouts made a stupid joke about Boomer Esiason having CTE when the former Bengals QB forgot in which game Peyton Manning...
Prosecutors Lay Out Details In Adam Johnson's Child Sex Case
The trial of recently-cut Sunderland winger Adam Johnson on charges related to his sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl started today, which means we’re starting to learn the details of what exactly Johnson did to get in this situation. According to the prosecution’s version of events, they a...
The Only Valentine's Day Message I Need
This Sunday morning, as I do on every Valentine’s Day, I will wake up to a message from my mother. Last year, it was a long email sent at an ungodly early hour, carrying all of her usual, heartfelt, holiday-appropriate sentiments: “Today is not only about boyfriends/girlfriends or husbands/wives but...
Sunderland Player Released After Pleading Guilty To Sexual Activity With A Child
A day after Sunderland winger Adam Johnson pleaded guilty to two charges stemming from a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl, the club has reportedly terminated Johnson’s contract:...
Chris Paul Throws His Body In Front Of Hack-A-Jordan Attempt
Here’s a moment from last night’s game between the Clippers and Celtics, in which Clips point guard Chris Paul invents a great way to short-circuit the Cetlics’ attempt to deploy everyone’s least-favorite NBA strategy:...
Someone Actually Found Andy Dalton's Lost Suitcases
Yesterday, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton lost two suitcases when they fell out of his truck and onto a Dallas highway. Dalton put out a call for assistance, but getting the bags back felt like a long shot....
LeBron James Rifles Pass Into D'Angelo Russell's Dong
I really didn’t need to see three replays of this....
This Spanish Teen's Flop Makes A Strong Case That Diving Should Be Punishable By Death
Most dives are fine. Some dives are bad. But few dives are so egregious that you skip over the whole “Should the player get a yellow for that?” logic and instead head right to the barn for the pitchfork. Valencia youth teamer David Pascual pulled off one of those:...
Evander Kane And Alex Petrovic Fought Three Times In One Game
Sabres winger Evander Kane and Panthers defenseman Alex Petrovic dropped the gloves three times in Tuesday’s game. The two fought twice in the second period and once in the third....
Please Keep An Eye Out For Andy Dalton's Lost Suitcases
Attention people of Dallas: Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton desperately needs your help....
Report: ESPN And DraftKings Dissolve Exclusive Advertising Deal
ESPN and DraftKings have ended their exclusive advertising agreement, according to a Yahoo report. Daniel Roberts reports that it was likely DraftKings—who are facing dozens of class action lawsuits, as well as engaged in a major legal battle with the State of New York—who asked to end the agreement...
"Maybe My Brain Wasn't As OK As I Thought It Was": Daniel Bryan Explains Concussions-Driven Retirement On <i>WWE Raw</i>
One of professional wrestling’s most popular performers shocked the community today when Daniel Bryan announced suddenly on Twitter that he was retiring, effective immediately. Tonight on Raw, Bryan told the Seattle audience—many of whom were seen openly weeping—that “I don’t want to be doing this a...
FS1 Host Dan O’Toole Blasts Fox Sports For Layoffs
Somewhere along the line, Fox realized that Fox Sports 1 can’t (and maybe shouldn’t) compete with ESPN at its own game, and instead decided to court that silent-but-significant minority of sports fans: reactionary, regressive, and crypto- and not-so-crypto-racist. For a hundred years or more, this w...
Thomas Davis's Surgically Repaired Arm Looked Like A Football
Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis, who tore his ACLs on three separate occasions in his NFL career, was already known for his resiliency. So, when Davis broke his right arm in the NFC championship game, had surgery, and vowed to play in the Super Bowl, his promise was taken seriously....
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<i>SNL</i> Lampoons Cam Newton & Peyton Manning's "Ebony And Ivory"
Cam Newton is the NFL’s newest MVP, and yet as much media coverage this season has been dedicated to his identity and expressions of it as it has his achievements on the field. Saturday Night Live took a run at the Panthers quarterback—and his Broncos counterpart, Peyton Manning—on tonight’s episode...
This Is Not Even Surprising, Really
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Nobody Makes A Fool Of This Very Good Super Bowl Predicting Bear
Look at this shit....
Hospital Fires Two Employees Who Leaked Jason Pierre-Paul's Medical Records To ESPN
For days after Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul injured his hand in a July 4 fireworks accident, we didn’t know anything more than that. We didn’t know the extent of the injury, or the operations required, or even how many fingers he had left...until ESPN’s Adam Schefter published a picture of Pierre Pau...